(He also resorted to reciting the Declaration of Independence to occupy his thoughts.) Two friends were spotted relaxing in Maplewood Park this afternoon, enjoying the calm weather and lying in the shade of a tree.
While the woman was close to drifting off to sleep with her head resting on the man’s stomach, his mind was filled, by necessity, with unpleasant thoughts.
“Grapefruit, grapefruit, grapefruit,” the man mentally repeated. “Spiders. Pimples. Baseball!”
According to a friend, the young man and woman are not, in fact, dating. However, witnesses state that they have grown increasingly flirtatious with each other in recent weeks. The fact that the woman was comfortable using his stomach and upper thigh as a pillow seemed to be a step towards a budding romantic relationship.
While the woman was close to drifting off to sleep with her head resting on the man’s stomach, his mind was filled, by necessity, with unpleasant thoughts.
“Grapefruit, grapefruit, grapefruit,” the man mentally repeated. “Spiders. Pimples. Baseball!”
According to a friend, the young man and woman are not, in fact, dating. However, witnesses state that they have grown increasingly flirtatious with each other in recent weeks. The fact that the woman was comfortable using his stomach and upper thigh as a pillow seemed to be a step towards a budding romantic relationship.
Yet despite his obvious attraction to the girl, the man remained ill at ease, repeating these distasteful things in his mind.
“Trigonometry… anchovies… dead puppies… whew. Okay. I think I’m good,” he thought to himself as the afternoon went on.
In time they progressed from relaxing to a walk in the park, at which point he was seen tying his sweater around his waist, allowing the arms of the garment to hang between his legs.
“Trigonometry… anchovies… dead puppies… whew. Okay. I think I’m good,” he thought to himself as the afternoon went on.
In time they progressed from relaxing to a walk in the park, at which point he was seen tying his sweater around his waist, allowing the arms of the garment to hang between his legs.